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I just reverted a bunch of edits by User:Novem Linguae that incorrectly confuse the term with a Parliamentary Counsel Office and reflect a fundamental lack of understanding of the concept of a legislative council in American English.
In the United States, writing bills is only one of several roles of a legislative council. In most states, the primary role of the council's staff is to act as a think tank attached to the legislature. They engage in in-depth research of major public policy issues and write papers that will help guide debates over future legislation. Writing bills is a secondary and relatively minor role. That stands in stark contrast to a Parliamentary Counsel Office, where writing bills is the primary role.
It is true that in a small minority of states like California, writing bills is one of the primary roles of the legislative counsel. However, California is the exception, because it has other government agencies that regularly conduct in-depth studies of various public policy issues and write lengthy papers, like the California State Auditor, the Little Hoover Commission, and the California Law Revision Commission. -- Coolcaesar ( talk) 22:31, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Hong Kong's LegCo should be placed under sub-national, which despite Hong Kong has (or had) high degree of autonomy , National People's Congress override some court ruling of HK, and most recently, inserted Hong Kong national security law into the HK legal system. Matthew hk ( talk) 23:02, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
This article uses the term "under the prerogative" many times without ever directly clarifying which, what, or whose prerogative is being referred to. It's implied to be related to the British Empire, but the corollary implication that no other government or body can have prerogatives seems erroneous to me.
I think a bit of elaboration is warranted:
SirBlackAxe ( talk) 22:58, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
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I just reverted a bunch of edits by User:Novem Linguae that incorrectly confuse the term with a Parliamentary Counsel Office and reflect a fundamental lack of understanding of the concept of a legislative council in American English.
In the United States, writing bills is only one of several roles of a legislative council. In most states, the primary role of the council's staff is to act as a think tank attached to the legislature. They engage in in-depth research of major public policy issues and write papers that will help guide debates over future legislation. Writing bills is a secondary and relatively minor role. That stands in stark contrast to a Parliamentary Counsel Office, where writing bills is the primary role.
It is true that in a small minority of states like California, writing bills is one of the primary roles of the legislative counsel. However, California is the exception, because it has other government agencies that regularly conduct in-depth studies of various public policy issues and write lengthy papers, like the California State Auditor, the Little Hoover Commission, and the California Law Revision Commission. -- Coolcaesar ( talk) 22:31, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Hong Kong's LegCo should be placed under sub-national, which despite Hong Kong has (or had) high degree of autonomy , National People's Congress override some court ruling of HK, and most recently, inserted Hong Kong national security law into the HK legal system. Matthew hk ( talk) 23:02, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
This article uses the term "under the prerogative" many times without ever directly clarifying which, what, or whose prerogative is being referred to. It's implied to be related to the British Empire, but the corollary implication that no other government or body can have prerogatives seems erroneous to me.
I think a bit of elaboration is warranted:
SirBlackAxe ( talk) 22:58, 22 July 2023 (UTC)